TO HONOR COACH TAUBEWith Dr. Mike Taube’s blessing

Georgia Cheerleading Coaches’ Association President April Smith is pleased to announce the renaming of the Georgia Cheerleading Coach of the Year award to honor the late Ashley Taube, coach of the Mill Creek Co-Ed Competition team at the time of her death December 20, 2018. The renaming of the Coach of the Year award is to honor the legacy and love of cheerleading that Ashley Taube exemplified in the course of her career as both a cheerleader and a coach. Coach Taube contributed to the cheer world in a variety of areas, including as a participant in high school and professionally, and as a high school and All-Star cheer coach. She coached the Mill Creek competition all-girl team to three state championships, in addition to winning the 2018 Georgia Co-Ed State Championship in Columbus the month before her untimely passing. Her personal commitment to “Choose Happy” will remain an inspiration to all who knew and loved her. Coach Taube’s contagious enthusiasm for cheerleading and the positive impact she had on her athletes and their parents in fourteen years as a cheer coach will forever be remembered and honored with the renaming of the highest award bestowed by the Georgia Cheerleading Coaches’ Association.